Jonathan is a corporate lawyer who specialises in regulated and unregulated mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets transactions and corporate finance.
With experience spanning a range of industry sectors including engineering, construction & infrastructure, manufacturing, agribusiness and professional services, and a professional background that includes roles as an equity analyst for a leading stockbroking firm and as a lawyer with Australia’s corporate regulator, ASIC, Jonathan is ideally equipped to plan, manage and execute clients’ most important corporate transactions. He is recognised by clients and their financial advisers for his hands-on and responsive approach, technical skill and commercial pragmatism.
In addition to his transactional practice, Jonathan advises listed and unlisted corporate clients on company and securities law issues and corporate governance matters. He regularly presents on corporate governance topics for the Governance Institute of Australia and has lectured for many years on corporate law issues for FINSIA/Kaplan. He is a member of the Corporate Lawyers Association.
Advised on the cross border acquisition of Spiire New Zealand Ltd from Downer EDI.
Acted on the acquisition of concrete, quarry and mining assets in Queensland.
Acted for US multinational manufacturer of flow control products on its first Australian acquisition.
Acted in the sale of JTA Group, an Australian based international health and social sector consulting firm to Abt Associates, a global leader in the international development sector
Acted for a manufacturer of retail and wholesale food products to Kerry Group.
Acted for a national engineering consultancy in connection with its sale to a global US based private equity fund.
Acted for a national distributor of food products to a large private equity backed purchaser.
The JWS Private Treaty M&A dictionary provides clear and simple definitions of many commonly used terms in unregulated sale and purchase transactions in Australia.
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